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Distention

noun

The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions. Synonyms: dilatation, distension.

The act of expanding by pressure from within. Synonym: distension.

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"Distention" Quotes from Famous Books

... continued knitting, I could see that her eyes were directed to that part of my person, and fixed upon the increasing distention of my trousers. In a few minutes she gave me a skein of worsted to hold, and desired me to kneel in front of her, so as to bring my hands down to the level of the low chair on ...

— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous

... the difficulties in the diagnosis of pregnancy, gives several excellent photographs showing the close resemblance between several pathologic conditions and the normal distention of the abdomen in pregnancy. A woman who had several children fell sick with a chest-affection, followed by an edema. For fifteen months she was confined to her bed, and had never had connection with ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

Words linked to "Distention" : expansion, enlargement, ectasis, distension, varicocele, tympanites, physiological state, distend, dilatation, physiological condition, physical condition, ectasia